Desmond Tester
| Desmond Tester | |
|---|---|
| Born |
17 February 1919 London, England, UK |
| Died | 31 December 2002 (aged 83) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Spouse(s) | Evelyn Stuart (5 children) Valerie Jones (partner) |
Desmond Tester (17 February 1919 – 31 December 2002) was an English film and television actor, host and executive. He was born in London, England., and started his career as child actor, among his most notable roles, was that of the ill-fated boy Stevie in the Alfred Hitchcock film Sabotage (1936).
Tester made his first stage appearance at the age of 12, in The Merry Wives of Windsor, receiving positive reviews from London . He was known more as a child actor in film in his native Britain. Tester's characters often met with doomed fates, in such early films as Carol Reed's Midshipman Easy (1935), Tudor Rose (1936), Robert Stevenson's Non-Stop New York (1937), The Stars Look Down (1939) and Sabotage. He also appeared in The Drum (1938).
After World War II, he moved to Australia and embarked in careers in radio, theatre and television. As television broadcasting began in Australia, Tester soon found work with Channel Nine's What's My Line and in a variety of children's programmes including Kaper Kops with Reg Gorman and Rod Hull. He spent fifteen years at Channel Nine, taking charge of children's programming, and became more involved behind the scenes in production and publicity. He later moved to Reg Grundy Productions, eventually leaving the industry entirely due to a dislike of the overall management culture.
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